This presentation is used to introduce students to the basics of RefWorks, a subscription based citation management system.

1. Eastern University Warner Memorial Library Tutorials

2. For Students

3. What is RefWorks? It is a web-based citation manager that allows you to store reference information in your own personal database. RefWorks also makes it easy for you to create a paper with in-text citations and a bibliography.

5. Magazine Article

6. Map

7. Monograph

8. Motion Picture

9. Music Score

10. Newspaper Article

11. Online Discussion Forum

12. Patent

13. Personal Communication

14. Report

15. Sound Recording

16. Unpublished Material

17. Video/DVD

18. Web PageAbstract Artwork Bills/Resolutions Book, Section Book, Edited Book, Whole Case/Court Decisions Computer Program Conference Proceedings Dissertation/Thesis Dissertation/Thesis, Unpublished Generic Grant Hearing Journal Article Journal, Electronic

19. Creating An Account

20. Creating Your Citation Database

21. Adding Citations to Your Database Import from your favorite databases Create your own!

22. Importing Citations from Databases List of Databases featuring direct import to RefWorks: CSA Illumina EBSCOhost FirstSearch Google Scholar Iter JSTOR LexisNexis Academic Microsoft Live Search Academic Newsbank OCLC OVID Project Muse ProQuest Sage Premier WilsonWeb via WilsonLink ** Visit http://www.refworks.com/content/products/import_filter.asp for a complete list of direct import databases

23. Importing Citations from Databases

24. Importing Citations from Databases

25. Creating Citations References > Add New Reference

26. RSS Feeds Any database that allows you to save search results or journal publications as RSS feeds, will allow you to add that RSS feed to your citation database.

27. RefGrab-It A tool used to capture website information

28. Downloading RefGrab-It Tools > RefGrab-It > Follow downloading instructions

29. Using RefGrab-It Once you have located a website that you would like to save as a reference, simply click on the “RefGrab-It” bookmark on your toolbar.

30. Folders! Organizing your Citations

32. Delete *

33. Rename** Deleting a folder will not delete the citations stored there. Instead, these citations are automatically moved to “References not in a folder.”

35. Author

36. Descriptor

38. Using RefShare Tools> Share References Choose which citations you would like to share Share them by placing them into folders It’s just like sending someone a link to a website

39. Write n’ Cite RefWorks’ in-text citation tool

41. It allows you to run a mini-version (author, title, year only) of RefWorks in your Word document.

42. Write n’ Cite enables you to insert citations with a click of the mouse.

44. Creating a Bibliography Select your “Output Style” (citation style; over 500 to choose from!) Select “Format a Bibliography from a List of References” Choose your file type to create Select which References to include (having them in folders comes in handy…)

45. Warner Library’s RefWorksLibGuide http://libguides.eastern.edu/refworks For Online RefWorksTutorials & Help please visit…

46. If you have any questions while using RefWorks, please do not hesitate to call / email me. I am happy to help!! Andrea D. Reed Media & Digital Services Librarian Warner Memorial Library 610.225.5004 areed@eastern.edu